Student Handbook

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School telephones and personnel will need to be utilized in order to follow emergency procedures to ensure
the safety of the children.

EMERGENCY DRILLS
Students will participate in regularly scheduled evacuation drills, weather drills, building lockdown drills
throughout the year.

HOME-SCHOOL COMMUNICATION
Open communication between parents and the school is crucial and is a priority for our Findley Oaks staff.
We encourage and expect parents to contact us regarding any questions or concerns during the school year.
For classroom and student concerns, we strongly recommend that parents conference first with the teacher
before meeting with administrators.

Members of administrative team may be contacted if further assistance is needed:

David Applegate- The Instructional Support Teacher (IST) coordinates programs and service delivery for
special education students. He coordinates educational testing for students who are referred for special
education services. Parents with questions about the special education process should contact the IST for
information.

Cindy Lamb-The Assistant Principal who oversees student information (Infinite Campus, Parent Portal),
grading, standardized testing, discipline.

Kate Hernandez-The School Counselor works with school personnel to foster a positive learning
environment for children. The counselor assists parents in understanding children and in developing
positive attitudes, techniques, and strategies essential for constructive child rearing. The counselor assists
parents and children in obtaining special school and/or community services and helps conduct the SST and
testing programs.

Colleen Greathouse-The Curriculum Support Teacher (CST) Parents with questions involving curriculum,
class placement, and diagnostic placement assessments are invited to contact the Curriculum Support
Teacher for information.

If further assistance is still needed, contact the Principal, Camille Christopher.

If parents need to drop an item off (i.e. lunch money, lunch boxes, homework, birthday treat, etc.) it must
be left at the front counter and not taken to the classroom. This prevents interruption of classroom
instructional time. We will notify the teacher via email and a note in their mailbox that an item has been
dropped off at the front desk. Glasses will be taken to the classroom.
The best way to communicate with your child’s teacher is by email. Responses will be made between
work hours and within 24 hours of receipt.

Conferences -- Parent/teacher as well as parent/administrator conferences are an integral part of reporting

and monitoring student progress. As partners with parents, we consider it important to conference
regularly in order to share information and plan a more effective educational program. A
parent/teacher conference is scheduled
dditional conferences may be scheduled as necessary. Please be mindful that teachers are responsible
for their students from 7:10 a.m. until dismissal is over. Therefore, they are not able to conference with
parents during this time unless prior arrangements are made. Conferences may be initiated by the
parent, teacher or administrator, to be held at a mutually agreeable time.

Work Samples -- Samples of work are sent home bi-weekly to keep parents updated on their
child’s progress.

Newsletters -- A PTA newsletter will be sent via email to update you on general school and PTA
information. Our school newsletter “The Findley Flyer” will be sent via email the first and third
Thursday of each month informing parents of school news and activities. School-wide papers, flyers,
bulletins, etc. not sent via email are sent home on Thursday.

Website – Findley Oaks maintains a website at www.findleyoakselementary.net, where you will find
a great deal of information about our school. You will also find the email addresses of our teachers
and administrative staff.

Campus Parent Portal – This on-line resource allows parents to view data including: Student
Registration, Report Cards, Attendance, Discipline, Transcript (course history), In-progress Grades,
Class work (assignments, tests etc.), Student Schedule, Testing Information. All data is ‘real-time’ as
teachers and administrators input data into the school district's database. For instructions on how to
register for the Infinite Campus parent portal go to https://www.fultonschools.org/infinitecampus.

INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM
Organization -- Findley Oaks is organized to include pre-kindergarten through grade five. In
general, there are self-contained classrooms in kindergarten first and second grades. The self-contained
organization may be modified in order to group for instruction, and to meet the needs of individual
students. Grades 3 – 5 are departmentalized, meaning students have different teachers for different
subjects.

Grade Reporting -- Students will receive progress reports every four and a half weeks and report cards
every nine weeks. Kindergarten and 1st grade are reported as Satisfactory (S), Needs Improvement
(N), Unsatisfactory (U) or No Grade (NG). In 2nd grade through 5th grade courses will be A, B, C, F or
NG
Student grades will be determined by using the following categories: